Apron.



A. ZIMMERMANN.

APRON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, I916.

1,217,855. Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

drf/lur Z/mm erm 0/ 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTH UR ZIMMERMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WYSE & 00., INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

APRON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ZIMMER- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make 3.1.?(1 use the same.

This invention relates to aprons and more particularly to that type which may be quickly applied and removed in having the supporting members for retaining said' apron formed in the apron.

An object of this invention is .to provide an apron which may be quickly applied and removed, having resilient members carried therein which engage parts of the body to hold the apron in extended position.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an apron and a bib formed thereon, and means for maintaining said bib in extended position or said bib may be folded under the apron when so desired.

A further object of this invention is the provision of resilient supports carried by an apron for gripping the body of awearer to support the apron and said resilient supports being adjustable to provide adjustment for different sized aprons.

' A further object of this invention is the provision of an apron having a series of radiatingbands and metallic resilient supports for said apron insertible under said bands through an opening at the junction of said bands. I

A further object of this invention is to provide an apron which may be split to form legs and to incorporate resilient retaining members at the bottom of said leg portions to cause said apron to properly overlie the apparel of a wearer.

Furtlfer objects will be apparent from the following specification, appended claims,

and drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of apron showing the front, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apron,

the

' Fig. 3 is a similar view of the meeting ends of the resilient supporting "members showing parts of said supporting members broken away, v

' Specification of Letters Patent.

showing the rear:

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1917.

Application filed January 4, 1916. Serial No. 70,231.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View I through the garment, showing the relative positions of the resilient clamping members, and v Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the retaining spring in the bottom of the leg of the garment. f

This type of apron is intended for mechanics in general but more particularly for automobilists and it affords an apron which may be quickly applied and equally as easily removed. 1

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates an apron which is slit at its lower end to provide le sections 11 and above the waist band 0 the apron extends a bib portion 12. The apron may be made of two pieces of material and so cut as to form a gusset 13 so that the trousers of a wearer may be properly protected and the portions of the apron forming the legs will nearly surround the legs of a wearer in having the edges 14 thereof approach each other substantially as shown. The lower edges of the legs are provided with bands 15 which form pockets surrounding the legs in which spring members 16 may be inserted. The ends of this spring will preferably be bent upon themselves to prevent enlarged ends of said springs to prevent the penetration of the ends of the pockets and to provide for the removal of these springs when it is desired to launder the apron, a portion of the band 15 is removed as at 18 to provide an opening through which the spring may be inserted and also to provide the pockets 19 to receive the end of the spring protruding through the opening 18. Flaps 20 may also be provided to cover, the spring 16 after having been applied and the ends of the flaps 20 may be inserted under the en of theband 15 as shown. v

The apron is also provided with thebands 21 substantially about the waist band and these bands form pockets to receive the sections of spring or other flexible material 22. Each of these spring sections will have one end thereof bent upon itself as at 23 to form an enlargement to prevent the end of This construction permits a single garment to havethe adjustable waist band to accommodate any one of a series of sizes.

The spring members 22 are each provided at their opposite ends with fluted or other irregular sections so that these ends may be overlapped and clamped in any one of a series of adjusted positions.

Fig. 3 of the drawings shows the meeting ends of thesprings 22 having the fluted portions 25 partly overlapped to hold these contacting'portions in any desired fixed position, the ends are clamped between a plate 26 and a movable clamp member 27 which may be supported upon pintles 28 carried by the plate 26. The clamp 27 may also have a thumb piece 29 formed thereon to assist in the manipulation of the clamp. The plate 26 is further provided with the extensions 30 and 31 of which the extension 30 may be hooked as shown, to receive the end of the extension 31 which is bent to form a pintle to receive the rolled ends 32 of the diverging flexible strips 33. The bib of the apron 12 is provided with the diverging bands or strips 34 which form pockets to receive the diverging strips 33 and the proportions of the strips 33 are such as to properly hold the bib 12 in extended position and the lines of the bib across the top and inclined sides are of such proportions as to form a tension along these outlining edges of the bib so that when the garment is applied, the tension will cause said bib to fit snugly over the body of the wearer and as to permit its end being inserted under one of the bands 21 substantially as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

In inserting the spring members 22 and 33 in their respective .pockegts, the operation may be substantially as follows The bib 12 will be folded between the bands 34 to bring said bands substantially parallel, then the spring members 33 will be swung to corresponding positions and then inserted under the bands 34, then one of the spring members 22 will be inserted between the plate 26 and clamp 27 into its respective pocket formed by one of the bands 21 having the end of said spring terminate in the desired pocket 24, then the other spring 22 will be inserted in its respective pocket in a similar manner and then when the ends of the spring 25 are properly positioned, the clamp 27 will be swung to properly engage and clamp the ends 25 in locked relation.

To apply the garment, it is only necessary to grip the ends or tabs formed by the ends of the springs 22 to permit said ends being sprung apart to pass about the waist of a wearer when said ends may be released and the ends of the spring 16 may also be sprung apart to permit their being placed about the legs of a wearer or the wearer may insert his may equally as well be put on backward to protect the wearers back under such conditions. When it is desired to wear the apron without the bib, it is possible to fold the bib under the waist band of the apron as provided for by the rolled ends 32 of the spring members 33. It is also possible to remove the springs 33 from the pintle formed by the extension 31 by unfastening the end of said pintle from under the hooked end 30.

Slight modifications may be made in view of the appended claims and the drawings are submitted for illustrative purposes only.

Having thus described this invention, I claim 1. In an apron of the class described, a retaining member comprising complemental sections adjustably secured together, bands carried by said apron forming tubular pockets, a series of pockets formed adjacent the ends of the tubular pockets, and said complemental sections being slidable into said tubular pockets in radiating directions from the junction of said complemental sections.

2. In an apron of the class described, a retaining member comprising complemental sections having fluted overlapping ends, said overlapping ends being adjustably secured to each other, said complemental sections being adapted to partly encircle the waist of a wearer and a clamp to receive the overlapping ends of said sections to permit desired adjustment of said sections with respect to each other.

3. In an apron of the class described, a retaining member for the waist of said apron, said retaining member comprising complemental sections adjustably secured to each other, a clamp for holding said sections in locked relation, upwardly diverging retaining members pivotally carried by said clamp, a bib section formed on said apron, said bib section receiving the upwardly diverging retaining members carried by said clamp, and a general outline of said bib section being such as to have the tapering side edges thereof exert a tension on points formed at the upper ends of said retaining members on said bib which points of support for said bib are normally. held in spaced relation by the tension of the side edges as to maintain the top edge taut and the lower ends of said diverging retaining members being below the general line of attachment of the lower ends of the diverging side edges to normally maintain said bib in 10 ARTHUR ZIMMERMANN. 

